Job Description
CIB Operations Project Manager – Senior Associate President – Mexico City, Mexico
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Department Description
Role Description
The role is unique with the variety and breadth of responsibilities, driving change across Operations, regulatory and transformation initiaitves. As a dynamic, collaborative Project Manager, you will support the operations business with a focus on project delivery, system prioritization and stakeholder management ensuring that risks are mitigated and a delivery focus is maintained for the variety of go-lives across the branch.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create, coordinate and prepare executive-level presentations and analysis, building strong narratives and compelling stories.
- Manage projects and key initiatives as part of the PMO whilst ensuring sound best practice across project delivery is accomplished.
- Drive strategic communications agenda across operations, supporting business activity for the Transformation and Operations lead as required.
- Pro-actively highlight issues and risks to the objectives, help derive solutions and drive remedies to completion
- Pick up, run with and deliver other ad-hoc initiatives as they arise and when needed
- Assist with the planning and execution of the change agenda, whilst keeping engaged with other streams / projects to work towards a consolidated approach and view
- Analyzing data, processes, organization and supporting Middle Office & Back Office system change
- Act as coordinator between technology, the business and operations teams to meet project objectives, ensuring they are communicated and executed properly
- Coordinate testing of new applications and processes, which may include issue resolution and coordinating business retests where necessary
- Partner closely with Stakeholders to manage project deliverable expectations.
- Participate in and lead progress status meetings at the operational and project management level
- Provide continuous feedback on project status, offering constructive options to ensure project tracks to original expectations
- Provide documentation to support business cases or funding requests
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent certification.
- 5 years project management or business analyst preferred with a total of minimum 9 years of total work experience.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, & relationship management skills with the ability to manage during ambiguity.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills with the ability to effectively and confidently deliver for senior management.
- Experience in the Financial industry with a strong product background in Payments, Futures & Options, OTC Derivatives, FX and Fixed Income is preferred.
- Ability to synthesize information to reach logical conclusions; manage projects, evaluate & improve processes & present findings.
- High degree of initiative, self direction, and ability to work independently as well within a team.
- Strong problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Demonstrated quantitative & qualitative analytical skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
- Fluent English essential; Portuguese and / or Spanish an advantage.